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Page 14 The INDEPENDENT, April 15, 2004 United Way announces allocations Lions Club donates new books to Libraries United Way of Columbia County didn’t quite reach this year’s goal, but donations of $320,000 still totalled $9,000 more than last year. Campaign Co-chairs, Dave Dupuis of Boise and Johneta Johnson of Dyno Nobel ex- pressed thanks for everyone’s support. "Your continued sup- port enables us to help meet the ongoing needs of our com- munity," they said. "This truly is a community that believes and practices the ‘Neighbor Helping Neighbor’ concept." When the Board of Directors met in March to allocate funds for year two of this two year funding cycle, the decision was made to allocate the same amounts as last year to all pro- grams, with the exception of the Emergency Food pro- grams. Those programs re- ceived an increase to help off- set the increased demand they have continued to experience. Funds were again allocated to support qualifying Senior Services in Columbia County and a new grants fund was es- tablished. Eligibility criteria for this fund have yet to be deter- mined. W illiams M etal F ab S PECIALIZING P HONE /F AX IN Some of the allocations are as follows: • Community Action Team for Affordable Housing $4,601 Child Care Resource & Referral 2,082 Emergency Homeless7,118 Energy Self Reliance 8,249 Even Start 5,609 Kid Care 13,033 Lifespan Respite 3,521 • Vernonia Cares 11,550 • Women's Resource Center 20,203 • WRC - The Starting Place 5,282 • American Red Cross, Oregon Trail Chapter 3,266 • Boy Scouts; Cascade Pacific Council 2,449 • Girl Scouts; Columbia River Council 857 • Girl Scouts; Pacific Peaks Council 853 • Columbia Pacific Food Bank 24,699 • Columbia Community Mental Health, Drug Prevention/ Intervention 5,670 • R.S.V.P. Foundation (Retired & Senior Vol. Prg.) 4,927 • Salvation Army 3,810 • Senior Grants 5,917 • Community Home Health & Hospice 6,313 General/Custom Fabrication & Welding of All Metals S TAINLESS S TEEL &A LUMINUM : 503-429-8431 24 H R R EPAIR Robert Williams Vernonia, Oregon ve Li Music Music Music Feat uring Sat. April 24 8 P.M. $5.00 Cover Rock Creek M EET , & Vernonia residents have a great new resource for informa- tion about diabetes, thanks to the Vernonia Lions Club, which donated 10 books to the Ver- nonia Public Library and the Vernonia School District Li- braries on subjects of impor- tance to people with diabetes . In an effort to increase knowledge about diabetes and its management, the American Diabetes Association and the Lions Club have embarked on a program to provide up-to- date, comprehensive diabetes publications as a public service to reduce the burden of dia- betes and its devastating com- plications. Available now in your public or school library are these worlds best books for people with diabetes: • ADA Complete Guide to Di- abetes • Month of Meals Classic Cooking • Uncomplicated Guide to Diabetes Complications • The Commonsense Guide to Weight Loss • The Fitness Book • The Diabetes Carb and Fat Gram Guide • Women and Diabetes, • The Ten Keys to Helping Your Child Grow Up with Dia- betes • Diabetes Meal Planning on $7 a Day or Less • The New Soul Food Cook- book for People with Diabetes Nearly 16 million Americans have diabetes, including one out of every 20 local residents. Shown above, left to right are; Lions member Sharon Pitts, Glenda Delemos from the school, Lions President Bill James, City Librarian Nancy Burch, and Lion member Carol Barker, with the books recently donated to city and school libraries. Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone needed to convert sugar, and other food into the energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes is a mystery, al- though both genetics and envi- ronmental factors such as obe- sity and lack of exercise appear to play roles. If untreated, diabetes can lead to severe complications, such as blindness, kidney and heart disease, stroke, and am- putations. Many people first be- come aware that they have dia- betes when they develop one of its life-threatening complica- tions. Diabetes is most common among older Americans, Afri- Liv e EAT KICK UP YOUR FEET AT T HE J UNCTION !! 765 S. Columbia River Hwy. Behind 76 Station, St.Helens CLEAN • AIR CONDITIONED • NON-SMOKING CENTER Great Family Entertainment! AUTOMATIC SCORING / BUMPER BOWLING / ARACDE The Junction 11126 Hwy 202, Birkenfeld 503 - 755 - 0900 BIRTHDAY PARTY PACKAGES SUMMER LEAGUES Are Forming SIGN UP NOW! Call 503-397-1011 for Reservations can Americans, Hispanics, Na- tive Americans, Asian Ameri- cans, and Pacific Islanders. For more information re- garding diabetes call the Amer- ican Diabetes Association at 1- 800-342-2383 or contact them on the web at <www.diabetes. org>. WGS is service area for Rally From page 1 morning, from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. during the “Parc Expose” at Washington grade school. Cars will also be in and out of WGS, which is the service area, throughout the day. They are expected to start returning at about 5:00 p.m. Performance Rally is one of the world’s most challenging and popular motorsports. The Sports Car Club of America presents three forms of the sport: The local, entry level SCCA RallyCross; the region- al-based and cost-contained SCCA ClubRally; and the coast-to-coast SCCA ProRally Championship. Because of the nature of ral- ly racing, with its closed roads, special areas are planned to provide spectators with good views of various race seg- ments. Depending on the loca- tion of spectator sites, a shuttle may be provided. A complete listing of spectator locations will be posted at the school. A complete list of closed roads is included in the Legal Notice section on page 21.